---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 151.1512"
title: "33"
number: "151.1512"
heading: "Implementation schedule for approved ballast water management methods."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/151.1512"
---

# §151.1512. Implementation schedule for approved ballast water management methods.

- (a) To discharge ballast water into the waters of the United States, the master, owner, operator, agent, or person in charge of a vessel subject to [§ 151.1510](/cfr/33/151.1510.md) of this subpart must either ensure that the ballast water meets the ballast water discharge standard as defined in [§ 151.1511(a)](/cfr/33/151.1511.md?p=a), use an AMS as provided for under [§ 151.1510(a)(1)](/cfr/33/151.1510.md?p=a-1) or ballast exclusively with water from a U.S. public water system, as described in [§ 151.1510(a)(4)](/cfr/33/151.1510.md?p=a-4), according to the schedule in [paragraph (b)](#b) of this section.
- (b) **Implementation Schedule for the Ballast Water Management Discharge Standard for vessels using a Coast Guard approved BWMS to manage ballast water discharged to waters of the United States.** After the dates listed in Table 151.1512(b), vessels may use a USCG-approved BWMS and comply with the discharge standard, or employ an approved ballast water management method per § [151.1510(a)(1)](/cfr/33/151.1510.md?p=a-1) and [(4)](/cfr/33/151.1510.md?p=a-4).

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2001-10486, 77 FR 17305, Mar. 23, 2012, as amended by USCG-2015-0433, 80 FR 44281, July 27, 2015]

### Authority

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 4711; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 91-066, 58 FR 18334, Apr. 8, 1993, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1902, 1903, 1908; 46 U.S.C. 6101; 46 U.S.C. 70034; Pub. L. 104-227, 110 Stat. 3034; sec. 623, Pub. L. 108-293, 118 Stat. 1063; E.O. 12777, 56 FR 54757, 3 CFR, 1991 Comp., p. 351; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Amendments

[USCG-2001-10486, 77 FR 17305, Mar. 23, 2012, as amended by USCG-2015-0433, 80 FR 44281, July 27, 2015]